Finasteride 1mg Tablets

In certain circumstances, yes. You need to make sure that you are buying from a UK-registered online pharmacy to ensure you receive genuine medication. If the website doesn't display its registration credentials clearly and doesn't have contact details clearly displayed, it's probably best to avoid it.

You should only take Finasteride if it has been prescribed to you by a registered doctor.

Finasteride is only for men over the age of 18 – it should not be used by women due to serious risks during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and it is not suitable for children and adolescents.

Finasteride should not be taken by men who are taking Proscar or any other 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor medicines for benign prostatic hyperplasia or other conditions.

You do not need to take a blood test before taking Finasteride.

However, if you are aged over 50 (or 40 if you have a greater than normal risk of developing prostate cancer), it is recommended that you have a before taking Finasteride.

That said, if you are aged 50 and over (40 and over if you have a high risk of developing prostate cancer), you should have a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) test before taking Finasteride.

Irrespective of height or weight, the dosage of Finasteride is the same for everyone. This is because only a dosage of 1mg per day is required for Finasteride to be effective for hair loss. Finasteride can be taken at different dosages for other medical conditions. It is no more effective for hair loss if a higher dose is taken.

Finasteride works in men of any age but has been shown to be at its most effective in younger men.

Finasteride has been shown to work for 15 years or more in most men who take it. It normally works for the duration of your course of treatment. However there is the possibility that it will lose some of its effectiveness over time.

Finasteride has no effect on transplanted hair.

Finasteride has been shown to work in the front of the scalp as long as there is some hair in the area.

Finasteride can help men who are experiencing any hair loss, male pattern baldness, or androgenic alopecia at any stage. However it is more effective the sooner it is started and is most effective at tackling hair loss found on the vertex (top of the scalp).

Finasteride hasn't been proven to:

• Restore hair to completely bald areas
• Reverse frontline hair loss/receding
• Reverse hair loss in the temple regions

Most men who take Finasteride experience no problems when trying to conceive.

However, in some cases, Finasteride has led to male infertility. It has done so by reducing the sperm count in the men affected and making their ejaculate more watery.

It should be noted, that you should not have unprotected sex with any woman who could get pregnant, due to the well-documented negative effects this could have on the health of the child.

If the woman does not come into contact with Finasteride when trying to conceive, then there will be no congenital deformities or issues with the fetus. This means that women should not take or even touch Finasteride tablets when they are of childbearing age.

Finasteride can also be found in the sperm, so you should wear a condom whilst using Finasteride 1mg tablets and not try to conceive during this time.

Stopping the Finasteride treatment won't make you lose more hair.

However, once you have stopped taking Finasteride, you will not receive the benefits that you had while you were taking the medication. You may experience an initial shedding of hair.

Finasteride has been proven to make hair grow back stronger and faster. However, it won't substantially change your hair texture or quality.

Women cannot take Propecia because of the way that it interacts with female hormones. It's not safe for women to take it, even in small doses.

Finasteride is cheaper because it's a generic version of a branded, previously patented drug, Propecia. Once the patent lapsed, manufacturers were able to move in and sell their own versions of the drug for less than the original. The price difference between the two is quite substantial, especially when considered over a long period of time.